A New Era in Eastern Europe

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A New Era in Eastern Europe

• Soviet domination of Eastern Europe came to an in
  1989 and 1990

Fall of Berlin wall-1989
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Standards or bust

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Soviet Ruling

• In 1945, most of Eastern Europe was tied to the
  Soviet Union. Communists controlled government
  and industry. They censored the press and jailed
  critics.
• In 1955, the Warsaw pact linked the Soviet Union
  and its satellites in a military alliance.
• In 1956, Hungary tried to cut the ties. Soviet
  troops crushed the movement. In 1968, tanks
  rolled in to enforce communist control in
  Czechoslovakia.

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Polish Resistance

• Communists worked hard to keep a hold on Poland.
  In 1980, Polish workers set up a union called
  Solidarity. The Communists outlawed the union and
  jailed its leader.
• However, in 1989, Gorbachev pledged to stay out
  of Eastern Europe.
• Poland held elections. Solidarity leaders won
  office. Soon, a freedom movement swept Eastern
  Europe. One by one, communist governments fell

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Bosnia Problems

• Under Communism, ethnic, or racial, tensions were
  put down.
• With the fall of the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia
  split into several nations.
• In the nation of Bosnia-Herzegovina, there were
  Muslims, Serbs (Orthodox Christians), and Croats
  (Roman Catholics).
• The Bosnian Serbs wanted to drive out all other
  ethnic groups. In 1992, they began fierce attacks
  on civilians, or non-military people.
• UN forces tried to keep peace. In 1995, NATO
  bombed Serb bases.
• A cease-fire, or an agreement to stop fighting,
  was signed, But Bosnia was still a troubled land.

NATO raiding Serb positions
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Romania Freedom protests answered with violence,
dictator arrested and executed 1989
Poland Free elections 1989
Hungary Breakup of Communist party 1989
Freedom Sweeps Eastern Europe
East Germany Berlin Wall opened 1989 Free
elections 1990
Czechoslovakia Free elections 1989
Yugoslavia End of Communist party control,
promise of free elections 1990
Bulgaria Communist leader steps down 1989
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Review Review Review!
1. Why did war break out in Bosnia-Herzegovina?
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2. In what year did Communism fall in most parts
of Easten Europe?
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